Toilet roll holder



Feb. 14, 1933. L. A. M. McGEOCH ET AL. 1,897,266

TOILET ROLL HOLDER Filed April 25, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb 1933- L. A. M. MCGEOCH ET AL. 1,897,266

TOILET ROLL HOLDER Filed April 25, 1932 2 SheetsSheet 2 mail 2 Patented Feb. 14, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LAUCHLAN ALEXANDER MACKAY MCG-EOCH AND WILLIAM ALEXANDER MCGEOCH, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND TOILET ROLL HOLDER Application filed April 25, 1932, Serial No. 607,463, and. in Great Britain March 7, 1932.

This invention relates to toilet roll holders of the type includng a plate associated with means for attachment to a wall or the like and a hail of which the body portion is mounted in apertured lugs on the plate and of which the arms are equipped with means for supporting the toilet roll.

In a toilet roll holder of this type as constructed heretofore the bail comprises an 1ntegral piece of resilient wire which requires to be bent when it is desired to insert a toilet roll between its ends.

The present invention provides an improved toilet roll holder including a bail which comprises two separable sections each equipped with roll-carrying means and movable into a position in which the toilet roll may be inserted between the ends of the bail, means preventing relative displacement of the sections when the sections are in the normal position when carrying the roll and means operable when the sections are separated for holding the sections in position to receive the roll.

In the drawings Fig. l is a front elevation of the toilet roll holder showing the rollcarrying means in operative position, Fig. 2 a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing the roll-carrying means in inoperative position and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

The toilet roll holder shown includes a plate 1 attached by means of wood screws 2 to a wall 3 and a bail l mounted on the plate 1 and having arms which are equipped with means for supporting the toilet roll 5.

The plate 1 is equipped with aligned apertured lugs 6 and is formed with an aperture 7. The bail 4 is divided substantially mid way between its ends to form two bail sections each presenting at its free end a journal 8 to receive roll-carrying means comprising a spherical mandrel 9. The body portions of the bail are slidingly and rotatably mounted in the lugs 6.

Each bail section is formed at its inner end with a crank 10 adapted for co-operation with the aperture 7. The arrangement is such that, in the operation of inserting the toilet roll 5 between the free ends of the bail, the sections may be rocked from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 into the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4 such that the cranks 10 vacate the aperture 7 and then are slid endwise into a position such that the mandrels 9 are spaced to an extent suflicient to permit passage of the roll therebetween and such that the ends of the cranks 10 abut against the outer face of the plate and support the bail sections in raised position. Then the sections are restored to normal position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, separation of the sections is prevented by engagement of the cranks 10 with the lateral boundaries 11 of the aperture 7 The depth of the aperture 7 is such as to permit swinging movement of the cranks to correspond with the normal swinging movement of the bail sections.

We claim A toilet roll holder comprising, in combination, a plate equipped on its outer face with aligned apertured lugs and formed with an aperture, a bail slidingly and rotatably mounted in said lugs and divided substan- 7 tially midway between its ends to form two bail sections each formed at its inner end with a crank adapted for co-operation with said aperture and roll-carrying mandrels journalled one on the free end of each of said sections, said sections being capable of performing movements relatively to said plate such that, in the operation of inserting said toilet roll between said mandrels, said sections may be rocked about said apertured lugs into a position such that said cranks vacate said aperture and then slide endwise through said apertured lugs into a position such that said mandrels are paced to an extent suflicient to permit passage of said roll therebetween and such that the ends of said cranks abut against said outer face of said plate and support said mandrels in raised position and, in the operation of re- 5 storing said sections to normal position, said cranks are caused to enter said aperture and to engage the lateral boundarles of said aperture so as to prevent separation of said sections. In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification.

LAUCHLAN ALEXANDER MACKAY McGEOCH.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER McGEOCH. 

